Delena

Delena
Delena cancerides (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Delena Walckenaer, 1837
Type species
D. cancerides Walckenaer, 1837
Species
11, see text
Synonyms
Eodelena Hogg, 1903

Delena is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains eleven species, found in New Zealand and Australia:

• Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837 (type) – Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
• Delena convexa (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Delena craboides Walckenaer, 1837 – Australia
• Delena gloriosa (Rainbow, 1917) – Australia (South Australia)
• Delena kosciuskoensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Delena lapidicola (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Delena loftiensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (South Australia)
• Delena melanochelis (Strand, 1913) – Australia (Victoria)
• Delena nigrifrons (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Delena spenceri (Hogg, 1903) – Australia (Tasmania, King Is.)
• Delena tasmaniensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Tasmania)

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